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1 Peso Orange Blossom
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national arms occupy the centre of the obverse, depicting a shield divided into three quarters: a golden key between two rocky coastlines in the base, a royal palm tree in the dexter field, and a striped fasces in the sinister field. The shield is surmounted by a Phrygian cap on a pole, symbolising liberty, and is flanked by two curved branches of oak and laurel tied at the base. The arc legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA runs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1 PESO appears in the lower field, with two five-pointed stars flanking the shield at mid-height. |
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| Reverse lettering | FLORA CUBANA 1981 AZAHAR (Translation: Cuban Flora 1981 Azahar (Orange Blossom)) |
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Cuba's commemorative peso program of the late 1970s and early 1980s was partly a hard-currency exercise — these coins were minted for export sale to foreign collectors, not for domestic circulation, generating convertible currency the revolutionary economy badly needed. The orange blossom issue belongs to a broader nature series produced during this period for that same purpose.
Collector demand for the series was modest, and many pieces survived in uncirculated condition simply because they never left their original packaging.